Resilient tire for wheels.



' E. L, A. OLIVER. RESIN NT TIRE FOR WHEELS.

APPLICATION FLED JAH. 3, i907.

, Mmm w33- made oi rubber or other very resilient ma.- terial, and its resiliency, and particularly the lateral portions thereof is not ali'eeted by the cloth or other similar materials 4now used in pneumatic tires. It is essential that. the said cover shall act substantially in the manner of a spring or, better still, of a continuous series of springs, constantly kept under tension between the rigid rings and c. I claim* A resilient tire for vehicle Wheels, comprising a rigid ring having a Web the edge of which is provided with slots, a rigid ring having a U-shaped' Web, one of the sides of the said web beingprovided with corresponding slots for the passage of the solid portions of the other ring, and a U-shaped rubber cover the bight of which passes on the outer ring and the edges of which are secured to the inner ring, the sides of the said cover being radially stretched in' all its psu-ts at one and the same time.

In, testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ETIENNE LOUIS AUGUSTE OLlYlEB..

Witnesses HANsoN C. COXE, MAURICE ROUX. 

